First Division duel: Close contest expected between Wexford Youths and Cabinteely

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 13.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ferrycarrig Park (2500 seats)

Wexford Youths are looking to add to their goals scored at home in this game against Cabinteely.

Insights:
  • Wexford Youths have the fewest scored goals (14) in First Division
  • Cabinteely have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in First Division

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Wexford Youths form and stats

Wexford Youths's struggle is real here at Ferrycarrig Park with only 2 points collected from 9 First Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-7. Wexford Youths are slowly digging their own grave here at Ferrycarrig Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Cabinteely match.

Wexford lost their last game at Bray Wanderers (placed 4th) after a 1-3 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Wexford lost 1-3 at home to Galway United.

Wexford have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Wexford with 21 goals conceded in these matches.

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Cabinteely form and stats

The visitors are W4-D0-L5 on the road this term. That's in the First Division.

Cabinteely play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Treaty United (placed 3rd).

A loss against Bray Wanderers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cabinteely playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were one Cabinteely win, one draw and one defeat.

The visiting Cabinteely have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games. Cabinteely have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cabinteely - Wexford Youths 0-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Wexford wins - draws - Cabinteely wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wexford YouthsJ. Doherty
J. Doherty
3 goals
WexfordK. Robinson
K. Robinson
3 goals
CabinteelyV. Labutis
V. Labutis
3 goals

Wexford Youths missing players

Cabinteely missing players

Wexford Youths Cabinteely
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
1 0 0 Won W 1 4 7
2 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
15 7 1 Lost L 1 5 11
14 8 1 Scored S 2 11 17
40 21 2 Conceded C 1 13 28
94% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 67%
61% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 56%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 17%
22% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 11%
44% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 39%
11% 11% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 11% 17%
50% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 44%
 
3.9 4.6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.1 5.4
6.1 7.2 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.4 6.5
2.1 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.7 7.2 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 6.7 7.3
2.6 2.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.6 3.1
30% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 34% 32%
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Cabinteely have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in First Division
  • Cabinteely haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wexford Youths have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Wexford Youths have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wexford Youths have the fewest points (2) at home in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the fewest scored goals (14) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals (21) at home in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals (40) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have the the worst goal difference (-26) in First Division
  • Wexford Youths have yet to win a game at home.
  • Wexford Youths is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shelbourne 18 12 6 0 36 15 9 6 3 0 19 9 9 6 3 0 17 6 21 42
2 Galway United 18 9 5 4 27 18 9 4 3 2 12 9 9 5 2 2 15 9 9 32
3 Treaty United 18 9 5 4 28 21 9 5 2 2 11 9 9 4 3 2 17 12 7 32
4 Bray Wanderers 18 7 8 3 26 17 9 4 3 2 14 8 9 3 5 1 12 9 9 29
5 UCD 18 7 6 5 32 25 9 3 4 2 12 10 9 4 2 3 20 15 7 27
6 Athlone Town 17 6 3 8 24 27 9 3 1 5 13 16 8 3 2 3 11 11 -3 21
7 Cabinteely 18 7 0 11 17 28 9 3 0 6 6 15 9 4 0 5 11 13 -11 21
8 Cork City 18 4 6 8 21 22 9 2 3 4 14 14 9 2 3 4 7 8 -1 18
9 Cobh Ramblers 17 5 3 9 17 29 8 3 1 4 7 15 9 2 2 5 10 14 -12 18
10 Wexford Youths 18 1 2 15 14 40 9 0 2 7 8 21 9 1 0 8 6 19 -26 5

Read more about First Division

The League of Ireland First Divsion, also known as the SSE Aitricity League First Division, is the second level division of football in the Republic of Ireland. It runs a summer league from February to October with ten teams. Each plays each other three times for a total of 27 fixtures to set the final league table.